"With Pakistan, speculation will never stop and I wouldn't like to enlist myself in the club of speculators. All I can convey to you is that India's intentions are very honest, India's intentions are very transparent," External Affairs Minister S M Krishna told media persons in Myanmar
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Saturday said no Indian embassy employee in Kabul wanted to come back fearing terror attacks but government would consider transfer requests made on family grounds.
Visiting Indian External Affairs minister SM Krishna has said the recent statements made by David Headley, one of the prime accused in the Mumbai 26/11 terror attack, are being keenly followed and assessed by New Delhi for its import in the larger context.
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Sunday instructed Indian Ambassador to Norway R K Tyagi to speak to the Norwegian foreign ministry to ensure the release of two children, who were separated from a Non-resident Indian couple by the Norwegian Childcare Services.
India's relations with China are on a strong footing and one should not be "oversensitive" about it, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said on Thursday.
According to sources, Krishna, one of the senior members of the present Cabinet, reportedly indicated that he would like to give Dr Singh a free hand to decide whom he would like to chose as the next foreign minister of the country.
Surprised over reports that Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi had invited him for tea at the Roosevelt Hotel, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has said that he never received any such invitation. "If he has invited me, then I don't know the mode of invitation through which it was conveyed to me, but let me be very honest that I have not received any invitation," Krishna told PTI.
There might have been delays and lapses in the run-up to the Commonwealth Games, but External Affairs Minister S M Krishna says the troubled event will be "off to a flying start" once A R Rahman renders the welcome song on October 3.
On the eve of their crucial talks, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna had a friendly chat with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi on the sidelines of an informal working dinner of SAARC Foreign Ministers in New York
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna will visit Pakistan for three days from September 7 to review the last round of the bilateral dialogue process with his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar, the Foreign Office announced on Friday. Krishna will be visiting Pakistan for "holding a review meeting with the Foreign Minister at her invitation," the Foreign Office said in a brief statement.
The United States has assured India that innocent students of the fake Tri Valley University would get an opportunity to 're-adjust' their status or transfer to other US universities, the government said on Wednesday and expressed confidence that all such students would be relocated. External Affairs Minister S M Krishna told Parliament that India had asked the US government that students, who were themselves victims of fraud, should be given adequate time and opportunity.
Taking a serious note of the killing of two Indian fishermen allegedly by the Sri Lankan Navy, India on Tuesday told Colombo that the use of force against them should not be repeated and asked it to take a decision that will not upset bilateral ties. External Affairs Minister S M Krishna also directed Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao to convene a meeting of the Indo-Sri Lanka Joint Working Group on the issue around February 15 to discuss the issue.
Senior Congress leader Karan Singh has emerged as the frontrunner along with another party veteran S M Krishna for appointment as external affairs minister.
With India's patience running out, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Thursday asked his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi about the progress into the Mumbai terror attacks case and sought a quicker trial."I made enquiries about the progress they (Pakistan) have made about bringing to justice those who were responsible for the attack in Mumbai," said Krishna about his meeting with Qureshi in Kabul.
The Lokayukta court in Bengaluru on Thursday ordered a probe against three former Karnataka chief ministers -- former prime minister H D Deve Gowda, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and B S Yeddyurappa, on a complaint alleging irregularities in the Bangalore-Mysore expressway project.
Highlighting the "grim" situation in Cauvery basin, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Saturday appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to stop further release of water to Tamil Nadu and to seek a report from the team that has been deputed to assess the water situation.
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna will reach Islamabad on Friday to hold a comprehensive dialogue with his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar. The civilian governments in both India and Pakistan are currently on a weak footing. In Pakistan, the turf war is on between the Judiciary and the Executive while in India, the ruling coalition is facing a severe bout of credibility crisis with scams coming to the forefront everyday.
India has sought a meeting between External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting in New York, diplomatic sources said.
In a first trip by an External Affairs Minister to Pakistan since 26/11 terror attacks, S M Krishna on Wednesday arrived in Islamabad on a mission to restore trust and increase confidence in the relationship, bogged down by terrorism over which he will convey India's concerns.
The mystery about the last-minute switch in external affairs minister's meetings with Pakistani leaders persists with S M Krishna himself saying that he doesn't know the reason.
The newly elected United Progressive Alliance government reached out to the victims of the Lahore blast today that killed at least 40 people and injured hundreds.
Noting that India is yet to see Pakistan take effective steps to end infiltration and dismantle terror infrastructure, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said on Monday that a "meaningful dialogue" cannot be possible till Islamabad implements its commitments on these counts.
A first information report was registered against External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and two other former Karnatka chief ministers by the Lokayukta police on Thursday on a private complaint alleging that they facilitated illegal mining during their tenure
On Sunday, November 12, 2023, External Affairs Minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar with his wife Kyoko called on UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at Downing Street in London.
On the eve of the India-Pakistan foreign secretary-level talks, India on Tuesday said Pakistan has to do more on tackling terrorism but pointed out that the progress on the matter has not held the dialogue process to ransom. "The acrimony of old times is no longer there (between India and Pakistan)," External Affairs Minister S M Krishna told reporters on board the special flight on his way back from Tajikistan.
Hitting out at Pakistan, India said on Thursday that its western neighbour was "striving hard to fabricate" evidence to show India was fomenting trouble in Balochistan. External Affairs Minister S M Krishna told the Rajya Sabha that India has conveyed to Pakistan at the highest level that it had no interest in destabilising the neighbouring country.
The first set of houses built by India in Jaffna for ethnic Tamils will be handed over when External Affairs Minister S M Krishna travels to Sri Lanka on Monday for a four-day visit during which the steps for their rehabilitation and political reconciliation will be discussed.
Newly-elected Bharatiya Janata Party member Ram Jethmalani surprised the Rajya Sabha on Thursday when he praised External Affairs Minister S M Krishna for showing "dignity" in the face of critical remarks of his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi about Home Secretary G K Pillai at a joint press conference last month.
According to reports, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has talked to Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna as well as his Pakistani counterpart, Shah Mehmood Qureshi on the telephone to raise the prospect of another "talk about talks".
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday regretted that Home Secretary G K Pillai was not 'defended' by External Affairs Minister S M Krishna when he was 'openly castigated' by Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi for his remarks that the Inter Services Intelligence had coordinated the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has made it clear to Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari that firm action needed to be taken against anti-India terrorism emanating from Pakistan to allow forward movement in the bilateral relationship, Parliament was informed Wednesday.
India on Sunday said it was good that the Obama administration recognised the links between the Inter-Services Intelligence and Haqqani network of Taliban, amid a raging United States-Pakistan row over the spy agency's support to the dreaded terror outfit.
India on Saturday refused to give a firm commitment on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Pakistan, saying that the atmosphere has to be "ripe" and something "worthwhile" should come out from such a trip. Making it clear that Dr Singh was "not shying away" from visiting Pakistan, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said the Indian premier had never put conditions for his Pakistan visit.
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna will be meeting Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in New York on September 25, to apprise her about the Indian concerns over diversion of US aid by Pakistan for strengthening its defence against India, according to sources.
Faced with strident attack from opposition over the Indo-Pak joint statement, government on Friday said progress in dialogue with Pakistan is not possible in an atmosphere vitiated by violence or the threat to use violence and claimed this was encapsulated in the document.
India on Wednesday asserted that law of the land rpt law of the land will prevail in the alleged rape case involving a French consulate official and rejected any scope of 'parallel' investigation in the backdrop of reports that France was doing its own investigation into the case.
India on Monday termed as "internal matter" the Pakistan Supreme Court rejecting petitions challenging the release of Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed, a key accused in the Mumbai terror attack, but said it will closely monitor the case.
Lokayukta Court on Wednesday adjourned to May 5 further hearing on a private complaint against External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and two other former Karnataka chief ministers accusing them of involvement in illegal mining.
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri arrived in Dhaka on Monday on a day-long visit to hold talks with his Bangladeshi counterpart, amid strained bilateral ties since August following the ouster of prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh set to become the first foreign dignitary to visit President Barack Obama at the While House next week, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Tuesday said that India and the United States will look to take forward their strategic partnership and cement the ties forged under the Bush administration.
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